Speakers’ Profile
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Senator Sherry Rehman
Senator Sherry Rehman is Parliamentary Leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Senate, as well as the party’s Vice-President. She is the Founding Chair and serving President of the Jinnah Institute, Chair of the Climate Change Caucus in Parliament, Chair of the CPEC Committee in Senate and Chair of PPP’s Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Senator Rehman has earlier served as the Leader of Opposition in Senate, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States and Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting. She has held additional portfolios of Health, Women Development, and Culture as a Federal Minister.
Senator Rehman has received several awards including the title of Democracy’s Hero; Freedom Award for her work for media independence; International Peace Award for Democrats; Jeanne Kirkpatrick Award for Women and Pakistan’s highest civil award - Nishan-e-Imtiaz. Identified as one of the Top Global Thinkers of 2011 by the Foreign Policy magazine, she was cover-titled by Newsweek Pakistan as ‘Pakistan’s Most Important Woman.’